![]() ![]() His proficiency grew so quickly that by his last year in high school, he was writing, composing and conducting avant-garde arrangements for the school orchestra. The family eventually settled outside of Los Angeles in Zappa's late teens, and he soon took up drum and guitar. Avant-guard composers such as Igor Stravinsky and Edgard Varèse attracted him alongside interest in doo-wop/R&B and modern jazz. He showed early interest in innovation via gadgets but this soon turned to music. Young Zappa's exposure to chemicals, such as mustard gas, may have had a profound effect on his health, which was always challenging. ![]() The family moved frequently due to Francis Vincent Zappa's expertise as a chemist and mathematician, contracted with various aspects of the defense industry. Frank Vincent Zappa, born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 21, 1940, the first of four children to Rose Marie (Colimore) and Francis Vincent Zappa, a Sicilian immigrant. ![]()
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